Display a date and/or time. For real numbers, display a date and time, for example, 4/3/93 05:34 PM. If there is no fractional part, display only a date, for example, 4/3/93. If there is no integer part, display time only, for example, 05:34 PM. Date display is determined by the web server's settings.

Display a date according to the web server's Long Date format.

Display a date using the Medium Date format appropriate for the language version of the host application on the web server.

Display a date using web servers's Short Date format.

Display time using the web server's Long Time format; includes hours, minutes, seconds.

Display time in 12-hour format using hours and minutes and the AM/PM designator.

A custom date/time format defined by the developer using the components described in the next section.

Display time as hours and minutes, with leading zeroes. Example: 01:08

Display date and time, with leading zeroes. Example: 2007/01/01 01:08:02

Display number with no thousands separator.

Display number with thousands separator, if appropriate; display two digits to the right of the decimal separator. Output is based your system locale settings.

Display at least one digit to the left and two digits to the right of the decimal separator.

Display number with thousands separator, at least one digit to the left and two digits to the right of the decimal separator.

Display number multiplied by 100 with a percent sign (%) appended to the right; always display two digits to the right of the decimal separator.

Use standard scientific notation.

Formats numbers by applying the appropriate "metric prefixes" (giga-, mega-, kilo-, etc.). Example: "1,234,567" formatted with "$#.00mp" produces "$1.23M". More information about metric prefixes can be found here. Customization of the mp format can be accomplished using the Globalization element's Metric Prefix String attribute, see Internationalization and Localization.  (v10.2.424+)

Display number with thousands separator for every three digits to left, at least one digit to the left and two digits to the right of the decimal separator.

Display No if number is 0; otherwise, display Yes.

Display False if number is 0; otherwise, display True.

Time separator. In some locales, other characters may be used to represent the time separator. The time separator separates hours, minutes, and seconds when time values are formatted. The actual character used as the time separator in formatted output is determined by the client OS locale setting.

Date separator. In some locales, other characters may be used to represent the date separator. The date separator separates the day, month, and year when date values are formatted. The actual character used as the date separator in formatted output is determined by the client OS locale setting.

Used to indicate that the following character should be read as a single-letter format without regard to any trailing letters. Also used to indicate that a single-letter format is read as a user-defined format. See below for further details.

Day as a number, without a leading zero: 1. Use %d if this is the only character in your user-defined numeric format.

Day of month number, with leading zero: 04

Three-letter abbreviation of day name: Wed

Full day name: Thursday

Full month name and day combination: July 22

Month number: 07

Three-letter month name abbreviation: Jul

Full month name: September

The period/era: A.D. Note that this is not available in Format Label and Format Data elements.

Quarter number: 1, 2, 3, or 4. Note that this is not available in Format Label and Format Data elements.

Year number (0-9), without leading zeros. Use %y if this is the only character in your user-defined numeric format.

Two-digit year, with a leading zero, but without century: 09

Four-digit year: 2009

Hour as a number, without a leading zero, using the 12-hour clock: 1:15:15 PM. Use %h if this is the only character in your user-defined numeric format.

Hour  as a number, with a leading zero, using the 12-hour clock: 04

Hour as a number, without a leading zero, using the 24-hour clock: 13:15:15 PM. Use %H if this is the only character in your user-defined numeric format.

Hour  as a number, with a leading zero, using the 24-hour clock: 01

Minute as a number, without leading zeros: 12:1:15. Use %m if this is the only character in your user-defined numeric format.

Minute as a number, with leading zeros: 12:01:15

Second as a number, without leading zeros: 12:1:5. Use %m if this is the only character in your user-defined numeric format.

Second as a number, with a leading zero: 12:1:05

Fractions of a second. For example, ff will display hundredths of seconds, whereas ffff will display ten-thousandths of seconds. You may use up to seven f symbols in your user-defined format. Use %f if this is the only character in your user-defined numeric format.

Uses the 12-hour clock and displays an uppercase A for any hour before noon; displays an uppercase P for any hour between noon and 11:59 P.M.

Hour and minute with AM/PM designator: 10:32 AM

AM or PM designator alone: PM

Timezone offset as a number, without a leading zero: -8. Use %z if this is the only character in your user-defined numeric format.

Timezone offset as a number, with a leading zero: -08

Displays the number with no formatting.

Digit placeholder. Displays a digit or a zero. If the expression has a digit in the position where the zero appears in the format string, display it; otherwise, displays a zero in that position.

If the number has fewer digits than there are zeros (on either side of the decimal) in the format expression, displays leading or trailing zeros. If the number has more digits to the right of the decimal separator than there are zeros to the right of the decimal separator in the format expression, rounds the number to as many decimal places as there are zeros. If the number has more digits to the left of the decimal separator than there are zeros to the left of the decimal separator in the format expression, displays the extra digits without modification.

Digit placeholder. Displays a digit or nothing. If the expression has a digit in the position where the # character appears in the format string, displays it; otherwise, displays nothing in that position.

This symbol works like the 0 digit placeholder, except that leading and trailing zeros aren't displayed if the number has fewer digits than there are # characters on either side of the decimal separator in the format expression.

Decimal placeholder. The decimal placeholder determines how many digits are displayed to the left and right of the decimal separator. If the format expression contains only # characters to the left of this symbol; numbers smaller than 1 begin with a decimal separator. To display a leading zero displayed with fractional numbers, use zero as the first digit placeholder to the left of the decimal separator. In some locales, a comma is used as the decimal separator. The actual character used as a decimal placeholder in the formatted output depends on the number format recognized by your system. Thus, you should use the period as the decimal placeholder in your formats even if you are in a locale that uses a comma as a decimal placeholder. The formatted string will appear in the format correct for the locale.

Percent placeholder. Multiplies the expression by 100. The percent character (%) is inserted in the position where it appears in the format string.

Thousand separator. The thousand separator separates thousands from hundreds within a number that has four or more places to the left of the decimal separator. Standard use of the thousand separator is specified if the format contains a thousand separator surrounded by digit placeholders (0 or #). A thousand separator immediately to the left of the decimal separator (whether or not a decimal is specified) or as the rightmost character in the string means "scale the number by dividing it by 1,000, rounding as needed."

For example, you can use the format string "##0,." to represent 100 million as 100,000. Numbers smaller than 1,000 but greater or equal to 500 are displayed as 1, and numbers smaller than 500 are displayed as 0. Two adjacent thousand separators in this position scale by a factor of 1 million, and an additional factor of 1,000 for each additional separator.

Multiple separators in any position other than immediately to the left of the decimal separator or the rightmost position in the string are treated simply as specifying the use of a thousand separator. In some locales, a period is used as a thousand separator. The actual character used as the thousand separator in the formatted output depends on the Number Format recognized by your system. Thus, you should use the comma as the thousand separator in your formats even if you are in a locale that uses a period as a thousand separator. The formatted string will appear in the format correct for the locale.

Scientific format. If the format expression contains at least one digit placeholder (0 or #) to the left of E-, E+, e-, or e+, the number is displayed in scientific format and E or e is inserted between the number and its exponent. The number of digit placeholders to the left determines the number of digits in the exponent. Use E- or e- to place a minus sign next to negative exponents. Use E+ or e+ to place a minus sign next to negative exponents and a plus sign next to positive exponents. You must also include digit placeholders to the right of this symbol to get correct formatting.

Literal characters. These characters are displayed exactly as typed in the format string. To display a character other than one of those listed, precede it with a backslash (\) or enclose it in double quotation marks (" ").